Automate 2025: OnRobot highlights ease of automation deployment with D:Ploy platform

OnRobot, a global provider of hardware and software offerings for collaborative applications, will showcase its D:PLOY platform and latest gripper offerings at Automate 2025 in Detroit.

In collaboration with integration partner EMI, OnRobot will offer attendees hands-on experience on D:PLOY through a live demo of a D:PLOY packaging application featuring OnRobot’s VGC10 gripper, set up in just hours with no programming.

Automate 2025 will be held May 12-15 in Detroit’s Huntington Place. OnRobot will present in Booth 3618.

Plug-and-produce across robot brands

OnRobot said that D:PLOY is the first automatic development platform for cobots and industrial robots that enables the configuration of complete, off-the-shelf robotic systems for high-mix manufacturing applications.

“Automate is where manufacturers go to see what’s next,” said James Taylor, CCO of OnRobot. “And with D:PLOY and our off-the-shelf Solutions, what’s next is already here. We’re making automation a low-risk, high-reward investment - empowering businesses to deploy and redeploy on their own terms.”

Booth visitors can also experience the benefits of OnRobot’s One System Solution: easy integration of the company’s end-of-arm-tooling across all major robot brands, and true plug-and-produce functionality. Tool changes happen in seconds - no rewiring or reprogramming - showing how easily manufacturers can scale across new applications.

A diverse range of OnRobot’s flexible grippers will be on display at Automate, including the new 2FG14, 3FG25, and VGP30. These tools are designed to easily automate diverse tasks, support quick workpiece changeovers and empower operators to take control.

The VGP30 high-payload pneumatic vacuum gripper is a powerful offering for palletizing boxes, capable of handling cost-saving, thinner cardboard and irregular shapes and porous surfaces. OnRobot said it is ready for immediate deployment out of the box and features an intelligent vacuum control that automatically adjusts to any box or interlayer, minimizing air usage and energy costs, making it ideal for high-mix palletizing applications.

Additional OnRobot grippers, including the 2FG7, 3FG15 and Soft Gripper, will be showcased by EMI.

“We look forward to showing manufacturers firsthand how our D:PLOY platform enables rapid, in-house deployment of robotic applications, leveraging our newest grippers for tangible productivity gains, all with complete cost transparency,” Taylor said.